Breton's+Current+Events


 *  Breton's Current Events



__Cracker Barrel Beating May Be Hate Crime__ by WSBTV posted: September 16, 2009 Tasha Hill, mother of a 7- year old girl, was entering the Cracker Barrel restaurant on SouthLake Plaza Drive in Morrow September 9. At the same time a man named Troy West was leaving the Cracker Barrel. West pushed the door open really hard and let it swing with full force, almost hitting Hill's little girl in the face. Hill simply told the man to be careful of where he was going and watch what he was doing because he almost hit her daughter in the face. After that, West began to beat Tasha. He violently threw her to the ground and threw punches and kicked her all while screaming racial slurs at her. When the officers arrived at the scene they called for EMT's and the fire department. Troy West was arrested and many witnesses stepped up to help police with the investigation process.

When I first read this I was taken back by how down hill our society has become today. Troy West got offended by Tasha Hill's request to be careful when he almost hit her daughter. It was almost as if him responding with violence was a way to show her that //she// disrespected //him// and that she has no right to tell him what he should do. Where is the common courtousey anymore? //He// should have been the one apologizing to Tasha for almost hurting her daughter.Then, it made me even more angry when it stated how he began to scream racial slurs at her. I thought our society was way over racism, obviously it is not. **

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